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Tomokazu Miura
Actor, Writer
Born January 28, 1952 (72 years)
Tomokazu Miura (三浦 友和, Miura Tomokazu, born Miura Minoru (三浦 稔) on January 28, 1952) is a Japanese actor.
Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s.
In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6]
Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
Miura attended Hino high school in Tokyo. He was originally a member of rock group RC Succession, but was asked to leave the group by their management when they signed a record contract.[1][2] However, impressed by his looks, the management company asked him to try out acting.[1] In 1974 he appeared in an advertisement for Glico with young singer Momoe Yamaguchi. When casting the male lead for her film Izu no Odoriko, they thought of Miura, and he was chosen as the male lead. The popularity of the Miura/Yamaguchi combination led to them starring together in a series of films and television series. They became known as the "Golden Combi". Although Yamaguchi had a separate career as a singer, this was Miura's main form of employment through the 1970s.
In 1980 Miura and Yamaguchi married, and the 21-year-old Yamaguchi retired from show business. Initially Miura struggled with his acting career, which had consisted of playing Yamaguchi's romantic partner.[3] However, after a few years of struggle, he was able to establish himself as an actor, changing his type from the "clean cut youth" roles he had played with Yamaguchi to "bad boy" roles. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 10th Hochi Film Award[4] and at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival[5] for Typhoon Club.[6]
Miura is a keen pachinko player and was a smoker until he gave it up at the age of 50. Because of his appearance in cigarette advertisements, it was debated in the Japanese diet whether Miura was an "idol" who could be considered to have a strong influence on underage smoking. Due to his wife's relatively greater fame and popularity, he is sometimes referred to as just "Momoe's husband" (Momoe-chan no Danna-san), a name which he dislikes.[1] The couple have two sons, Yutaro, who went on to marry singer and seiyuu Yui Makino, and Takahiro, and have repeatedly been chosen as "the ideal celebrity couple".[7] According to Miura, they have never had a marital quarrel.[
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Beyond Goodbye (TV Series) · as Hiro |
| 2023 | Perfect Days · as Tomoyama |
| 2023 | Oya no Okane wa Darenomono Hotei Sozokunin · as Sentaro |
| 2022 | Small, Slow But Steady · as Katsumi Sasaki |
| 2022 | The Lines That Define Me · as Shinoda Kozan |
| 2022 | The Black Swindler (2022) (TV Series) · as Toshio Katsuragi |
| 2022 | The Black Swindler (TV Series) · as Toshio Katsuragi |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Detective Chinatown 3 · as Watanabe Wasaru |
| 2020 | AI Amok · as Kyoichi Goda |
| 2020 | Voices in the Wind · as Kohei |
| 2020 | Top Knife (TV Series) · as Imadegawa Takao |
| 2018 | The Forest of Wool and Steel · as Soichiro Itadori |
| 2017 | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura · as Goshiro Kotaki |
| 2016 | Cold Case (JP) (TV Series) · as Motoki Hidetoshi |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | 64: Part 2 · as Katsutoshi Matsuoka |
| 2016 | 64: Part I · as Katsutoshi Matsuoka |
| 2016 | 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TV Series) |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Testimony of N (TV Series) · as Takano Shigeru |
| 2014 | トクソウ (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Farewell for Today · as Kenjiro Fujioka |
| 2013 | Strawberry Night · as Tooru Wada |
| 2012 | Beyond Outrage · as Minoru Kato |
| 2012 | Welcome Home, Hayabusa · as Isao Ohashi |
| 2012 | Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 · as Dr. Takuma |
| 2011 | Crossroads · as Toru Takishima |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | My Back Pages · as Shiraishi |
| 2011 | Shiniyuku tsuma tono tabiji · as Shimizu Hisanori |
| 2010 | The Secret World of Arrietty · as Pod (voice) |
| 2010 | Outrage · as Kato |
| 2010 | Shinzanmono (TV Series) · as Naohiro Kiyose |
| 2010 | Rinco's Restaurant · as Senior |
| 2009 | The Unbroken · as Shiro Gyoten |
| 2009 | Tokyo DOGS (TV Series) · as Kozo Otomo |
| 2009 | Heaven's Door · as Hasegawa |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Ties of Shooting Stars (TV Series) · as Kashiwabara Yasutaka |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Flowers in the Shadow · as Ryokutaro |
| 2008 | The Flower Shop Without Roses (TV Series) · as Teruo Anzai |
| 2007 | Adrift in Tokyo · as Aiichiro Fukuhara |
| 2007 | Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 · as Dr. Takuma |
| 2007 | Into the Faraway Sky · as Mr. Kusonoki |
| 2006 | The Matsugane Potshot Affair · as Toyomichi |
| 2006 | The Angel's Egg · as Shibusawa |
| 2006 | Sea Without Exit · as Toshiaki Namiki |
| 2005 | Always: Sunset on Third Street · as Doctor Takuma |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | Survive Style 5+ · as Dr. Yamauchi |
| 2004 | The Taste of Tea · as Nobuo Haruno |
| 2004 | Crying out Love, in the Center of the World (TV Series) · as Hirose Makoto |
| 2003 | Yume oikakete · as Morita |
| 2003 | Blackjack ni Yoroshiku (TV Series) · as Takahisa Shiratori |
| 2001 | Freezing Point 2001 (TV Series) |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Happy Family Plan · as Fujio Kawajiri |
| 1999 | M/Other · as Tetsuro |
| 1998 | Wait and See · as Hiroshi's Brother |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | Sora ga konnani aoi wake ga nai · as Kentaro, Kobayashi |
| 1992 | Hold Me and Kiss Me · as Kazuo Kurume |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Nowhere Man · as Man With Sunglasses |
| 1990 | Tokyo Heaven · as Takeo Amamiya |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Four Days of Snow and Blood · as Teruzo Ando |
| 1987 | Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon (TV Series) · as 伊達成實 |
| 1986 | Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast · as Soutaroh's Father |
| 1986 | His Motorbike, Her Island · as Hidemasa Sawada |
| 1985 | Typhoon Club · as Teacher Umemiya |
| 1984 | Station to Heaven · as Kouichi |
| 1984 | Bye Bye Jupiter · as Dr. Eiji Honda |
| 1982 | Kaikyô · as Senta Naruse |
| 1982 | Dai Nippon teikoku · as Goichi Odajima |
| 1981 | The Hidden Trail of the Beasts · as Koji Mimura |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Tenshi o yûwaku · as Kohei Uesugi |
| 1979 | White Love · as Ken Yamanobe |
| 1978 | Honoo no mai · as Takuji |
| 1978 | Take Me Away! · as Tetsuo Tamaru |
| 1977 | Sweet Revenge · as Keiichi Abe |
| 1977 | House · as Auntie's Fiancé |
| 1977 | Dorodarake no junjô · as Jiro Takashima |
| 1976 | Shunkinsho · as Sasuke(佐助) |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Shiosai · as Shinji Kubo |
| 1974 | Izu no odoriko · as Kawashima |